Source:  AGRI-PULSE, 6/5/19


USDA’s top lawyers have confirmed that unplanted crop acreage will be ineligible for trade assistance payments under the Market Facilitation Program, a government official tells Agri-Pulse. USDA is still looking for "creative ways" to include the unplanted acres in MFP, but hasn't found any yet, the official said. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue told reporters on Wednesday that he expected to have a final decision on the MFP eligibility for prevented planting "within a few days." 

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